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Who Crafted the Menorah?

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The first part of the daf discussed halachas related to the menorah. The height of the menorah, the givi'a, kaftorim, u'frachim of the menorah, and also how exactly the menorah was built. Everyone knows Rashi says in parshas T'rumah, the pasuk says "v'oseesa menorah zahav tahor miksha ti'aseh hamenorah." It's like Rashi, "ti'aseh hamenorah" is a funny loshon. Mi'eilav. You see from here that the menorah was made by itself. What does that mean? The p'shat here Moshiach Maschiach, but because Moshiach Rabbeinu when he was given the tzivui of the menorah, he was miskasha. He didn't really know exactly how to make it. Am Hakadosh Baruchu, Hakadosh Baruchu told him, "No worries. Hashlicha sakikara, take the kikar, throw it into the fire, v'hinaseh me'eilav, and it's going to be made by itself. L'kach einich o'taseh. That's why it says "ti'aseh hamenorah." So the loshon of "ti'aseh hamenorah" is because the menorah was built by itself. I saw that in the shiur from Meir Leib ben Yitzchak, Reb Meisel Soloveitchik asked that l'chora the beginning of the pasuk says "v'oseesa menorah zahav tahor." Thou shalt make a menorah. If the menorah ends up being "ti'aseh menorah," it ends up being built by itself, so Moshiach Rabbeinu didn't make the menorah. The fire, Hakadosh Baruchu, made the menorah. So how was Moshiach Rabbeinu mikayem the mitzvah of "v'oseesa menorah zahav tahor?" I mean it's a very nice miracle, we all know this. But at the same time there was a mitzvah, there was a tzivui of "v'oseesa menorah zahav tahor." And l'chora, by the menorah just coming out of the fire, "v'hinaseh me'eilav," wouldn't that undermine Moshiach Rabbeinu's ability to go ahead and build the menorah? He was Moshiach that it's m'vuar in the Brisker Shiurim that there was a din l'shma in da'aseh sakelim. So not only do you have to build the menorah, it requires l'shma, which means there's a chalos l'shma that has to be chal inside the menorah by the menorah being made wouldn't that at first glance mean that couldn't build a menorah but you have to say that being that didn't know how to make the menorah that means that was that was the way that made the menorah and when took the and he threw it into the fire he was the midst of the menorah as of and when he threw it into the fire he had to be the small midst of because the said was it wasn't like plan B I don't know how to make it so instead let me just throw it no the throwing in was the what was was that you're going to build the menorah in a different way than you're going to build the other the other you're going to build literally with craftsmen but the way you're going to build up the menorah is but for sure when did that it was but and it's for that reason he was the midst of and if there's no question in the world he had to do it with a but there's another problem on this and this is not this this every single one of them asked so if you open up the of Rashi or any Rashi any Rashi safer that you have every single Rashi from the to the they all ask the same question and that is at first glance this Rashi does not stand with a half a Rashi we learned the the said that saw them and he went ahead and he did what he was shown what he was shown and he did what he did what he was shown and he did what he was shown and he did what he was shown and he did What was the point? Didn't know how to do it. So they showed him the and by showing him the now he knew what to do. But at first glance all seem to scream that built the albeit he didn't know how to do it. It was very difficult. It was very challenging. But once he was explained and once he was told exactly how to do it at that point he exactly how you supposed to go ahead and do it and he did it. How does it stand with this that never built the but rather and just be to the if you look at Rashi later in it's literally 10 later on the say that Nissan actually at the of that the quoted in today's daf actually says that the was having a difficult time understanding the of the year actually had a of the of the year of the year and the year the year is and that knew what to do. At first glance these two really these two this first is a so there seems to be a big in terms of how exactly the year was built. Now there's a common denominator between these two years. The common denominator is that both are suggesting that was having a very hard time with the year. But in terms of therefore next steps what happened after that in the beginning of the season of the year quotes the that says took the of the year he threw it into the and it was the year of the year and at the end of the year of the season of the year of the Rashi seems to say that showed him a menorah exactly what it was that he was supposed to do. So if you look at the Rashi there's a lot of different to explain it. The Maral in the Ari Ari says it over and over again. He says the day sort of the motion of the heaven and toughness of the menorah. Moshe Rabbeinu in order to build the menorah, even if it was going to happen even if it was going to happen by taking the kickers and throwing it into the fire had to first understand and have a of how the menorah was going to be built. And the reason is is because miracles say the Maral don't happen in a vacuum. People sometimes wait for the miracle to happen. But really it's not usually the way miracles take take place. The Maral the of Nissan is that a person does this and a person does and tries to do as much as he can possibly do and then says you're trying, you're putting in the effort, I'm going to take over and I'm going to take it to the finish line and I'm going to make sure it happens. So says the Maral Moshe Rabbeinu had to start the and because he had to start the he had to see exactly how it was going to be. But at the same time once Moshe Rabbeinu saw the it was very hard and he started working at the said you know what? It's fine. I got this. Take it, throw it into the fire and you're going to see that everything is going to be okay. But the point is is that this is the this is the Maral of Nissan. For a nest to happen you also have to make a right the fascinating thing. We always know and balancing and so of course a person has to make a that's out of base. If you don't make a start list, nothing is going to happen. For me You want a nest to happen, you have to make a start list. And the moral goes and the moral says, "I'm going to prove it to you." He says, "Because look at all the nizam and a floyd that took place when the youth and left mid stride. We just went through it together in He said he's taking a stick and he's hitting this and he's hitting that." He says, "But I've created show your my sasham in the middle of the horror of the pile." had to do some sort of call on the mid stride. What's the Indian? The Indian is cuz had to make some sort of a start list. And once you make episode start list, at least start, then says, "I'm going to go ahead and I'm going to take over." But here's the you say that the moral is saying that things that happen but that require a start list, nizam also require a start list. There's no everything is anyways. And the truth is out sport normal to start list. So had to do the had to make some start list when it came to making the promise he had no idea. He mom didn't know. So they had to show a collage. And started working on it. And that's the of the of the minute we started working on it. At that point came to and he told him, "You know what? It's going to happen I got this. Just take the just throw it into the fire. The is made well. The of the is that's what I have to quotes both of them. The of the way the was built, it was started with the as the of the tower. But it concluded it concluded with mixture of the with the tower happening on its own.